Principal Investigator(s):
Alan Booth, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Sociology Department;
David R. Johnson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Sociology Department;
Lynn K. White, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Sociology Department;
John N. Edwards, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Summary

This data collection was designed to provide information on
the effects of wives' participation in the labor force on marriage and
marital instability. Measures predicting marital instability and
divorce and assessing marital quality were developed. Variables include
background information on respondents (age, race, sex, and household
size) as well as information on earnings, commitment to work, hours
worked, and occupational status.

Unit(s) of Observation

Data Source

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

Response Rates

Original Release Date

1989-12-15

Version Date

2016-10-31

Version History

2016-10-31 The raw ASCII data provided with the original deposit has been defined for use with current SPSS, SAS, Stata and R statistical software. SPSS, SAS, Stata and R data files have been added to the collection along with optimized ASCII and tab-separated values (.tsv) data files. SPSS, SAS and Stata setup files are also now provided.
Please note that the original codebook has been retained and, as such, some of the information may be out of date.

Notes

Data in this collection are available only to users at ICPSR member institutions.

This study is provided by ICPSR. ICPSR provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for a diverse and expanding social science research community.